Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Market has been choppy. It was up most of the day before losing steam
towards the end and closed down a point to finish at 12,503. Most of
the Sharebuilder orders went through at the beginning of the day when
the market was up. That is my biggest negative on Sharebuilder. On
days like this, it costs me a percent. If I could control the orders and
the date of purchase, I would probably be able to buy 1-2% cheaper.
Especially in a volatile market. Anyways, added the following today:

$200 of CVX at $100.30. Yield 3.59%. 5 year average yield is 3.1%. Avg PE 9.8. Current PE=7.3.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Market has corrected around 5% or so in the past 2 weeks. The oil stocks are looking attractive again. Today's purchases via Sharebuilder went through on another down day with the market closing down 63 points at 12,632.

$200 of EXC at $38.62. Yield 5.44%. 5 year average yield is 4%. PE 12.8

$199 of PG at $63.87. Yield 3.52%. Will continue to buy PG at 3.5%+ yield. 5 year average yield 2.6%. PE 19.5.

About Me

I am a 30- something sales rep with the goal of acquiring income producing assets so I can exit the rat race. This blog will chronicle my investing and passive income progress.
My other hobbies are rugby and strength athletics- highland games, strongman, power lifting, and olympic lifting.